Saturday 24 November 2018

No 12480, Saturday 24 Nov 2018, Scintillator

Double the pleasure today 

Across

1. Bright brothers restricted by age minimum (6) GEMINI (T)
4. Leave in university continues (2,6) UP STICKS {UP}{STICKS }
9. Like slithery snakes shedding temporary skin (6) RELISH {SLItHERy*}
10. Fit to fight? Got extremely hurt and made friends (3,2,3) HIT IT OFF {FIT+TO+FIgHt*} Anno ok?
12. Plates in a meal being arranged, takes a bit long (8) LAMELLAE {A+MEAL*} around {ELL}
13. Margin of order placed for purchase (6) INDENT (DD)
15. Close relative checking out Florida, a show-off (4) AUNT {flAUNT}
16. Just became stronger and ready for action (8-2) BUTTONED-UP {BUT}{TONED UP}
19. Henry could also be shifted to a co-ed (4,6) DUAL SCHOOL {H+COULD+ALSO*}
20. Hawk ripped heartlessly (4) SPIT {SPlIT}
23. A fraud, because of whom the bell tolls? (6) RINGER (DD)
25. Part of Salt Lake City with heroin in circulation (8) CHLORINE {L+C+HEROIN*}
27. Condensed peaks near Ural Ranges (8) CAPSULAR {CAPS}{URAL*}
28. Prominent display of special Vibhuti? (6) SPLASH {SPL}{ASH}
29. Brutal Germany annexing Luxembourg to be protected (8) SALVAGED {SA{L}VAGE}{D}
30. Celebrity jumping in glee and losing face (6) LEGEND {GLEE*}{aND}

Down

1. Monkey violence mostly not present in Bengaluru? (7) GORILLA {GORe}{ILLA}
2. I am a lone male, nurturing an irrational love for music (9) MELOMANIA {I+AM+A+LONE+M*}
3. Some on the ascendancy felt sensational and snug (6) NESTLE (T<=)
5. Odd pieces of replica make one (4) PAIR {RePlIcA*}
6. Model securing victory with matching clothes (8) TWINNING {T}{WINNING}
7. Cc. to a biologist? (5) CLONE (Defn by example+CD)
8. Easy to perform better than a convertible (4,3) SOFT TOP {SOFT}{TOP}
11. Plastic cup, each with a cover (7) CAPUCHE {CUP+EACH*}
14. Decrease in size of a prize (7) ATROPHY {A}{TROPHY}
17. Identical citadel built on high parts (9) DUPLICATE {UP} in {CITADEL*}
18. It is a flowering plant, according to heads of US Landing Agency (8) ASPERULA {AS PER}{Us}{Landing}{Agency}

19. Some capital under malicious credit orders (7) DIRECTS {CREDIT*}{Some}
21. Got some cutters? (7) TEETHED (CD)
22. Link from timeless Kural (6) COUPLE {COUPLEt}
24. Neighbour and friend bridge opponents at the forefront (5) NEPAL {NE}{PAL}
26. Game over for Anand, possibly (4) MATE (CD)

Reference List

University=UP, Florida=Fl, Lake=L, City=C, Special=Spl, Germany=D, Luxembourg=L
Not present in Bangalore=Illa, Male=M, Model=T, Time=T, Bridge Opponents=NE

Colour/Font Scheme

DefinitionSolutionComponent lettersEmbedded linksTheme word Anagram IndicatorC/C indicatorReversal IndicatorHidden word IndicatorLetter Pick indicatorDeletion IndicatorHomophone IndicatorMovement IndicatorPositional IndicatorSubstitution, IndicatorLink/Connector, Extraneous

31 comments:

  1. 10AC with the given wp, that is the only possibility. But where is the anagrind?

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    1. ? As in questionable (fit to fight, questionable) is the anagrind IMU.

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  2. Hurt on double duty? For elimination of GT and as anind.

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  3. Good enjoyable CW and a matching blog by Ramesh. I think he had a lot of work to do.

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  4. Enjoyed the chlorine in Salt Lake!

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    1. +1.We make Cl2 from salt in our factory.

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  5. Is 'Spit' also a theme word- as in Spitting image?

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  6. Happy Birthday & many Many Happy returns of the day,MB.

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  7. Many Happy Returns Of The Day,MB!

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  8. IXL Round 6 solutions are up.

    All correct this time too!

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    1. Nice birthday present from IXL organisers for MB.. Site is up, all correct solution.. If you have a leaderboard position of below 10,it will be icing on the cake.

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    2. How do you parse 'Pastimes'- 25A?

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    3. Pastiches with church switching to mass entertainments (8) PASTIMES PASTI(-ch+m)MES

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    4. Thank you Col. It is simple when you explain!

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  9. How does Bengaluru gives gorilla? SCINTILLATOR puzzles are very obtuse. If ILLA is a Kannada word then people from other regions wont be able to solve it. Puzzles should be universal

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  10. Let us say it gives an Indian touch. well,we use quite a few French,latin words too.
    Yes, 'illa' from kannada only.

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  11. Many happy snruter of your birthday MB garu. May God bless with good health, peace and long life.

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